There is loss of sensitivity, danger of keloiding, keratinization, PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE..
I understand that SOME men (and/or their partners) prefer to be cut, but that really should be an adult decision. There are so many risks when done on (unconsenting) infants, especially..
It's not even recommended by pediatricians anymore. There are NO health benefits. It's the same as removing a child's eyelid; the glans is a mucous membrane.
The man who started the routine mutilation of infants in the US believed it would stop masturbation, and also believed the clitoris should be burned out with carbolic acid.
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Autonomy Not Uniformity
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